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I was amazed at the support that I got when I was in there. And when I came out people knew that I was back on track. I was interested in working again.

I paid my way through school doing set construction for film and television. I'm a member of Local 44. I was a construction coordinator on 'Beverly Hills 90210' for 4 1/2 years and ran their whole construction program. I did two other pilots as a coordinator for Aaron Spelling.

I'm in five guilds; that's a lot of dues to pay. So I have to keep on working.

After about twenty issues of Josie, they decided to pay me.

I've always showed up. If I got paid.

I think I've been around for a while. But I still have to pay my dues.

Suddenly I had a contract and I was earning lots of money.

I'm still a hacker. I get paid for it now. I never received any monetary gain from the hacking I did before. The main difference in what I do now compared to what I did then is that I now do it with authorization.

Finally, I told them I'd drop out of the management program if they'd give me an entry-level job in the newsroom for union wages, about fifty dollars a week.